Zones 21-25, 27, H1, H2
Partial
Moderate
Zamia pumila
Coontie
Zamiaceae (Cycadaceae)
Palms and cycads
ZAMIASlow-growing plants. Short trunks (may be completely or partially beneath soil level) are usually marked with scars from old leaf bases. Circular crowns of leaves resembling stiff fern fronds or small palm fronds.Need organically enriched, fast-draining soil.
Zamia pumilaTo 4 ft. high, 6 ft.wide. Short trunk is largely below soil level. Fronds to 3 ft. long,with as many as 30 pairs of dark green leaflets to 5 in. long, 1 1/4 in.wide.
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